·Center for Assistive Technology A joint program of UPMC Health System and the University of Pittsburgh, CAT has emerged
as a leader and innovator in the assistive technology industry.
·Center for Bioethics and Health Law Committed to bringing together scholars and researchers from a variety of disciplines to cooperate in addressing issues in bioethics and law from both theoretical and clinical perspectives.
·Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research CBER is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of blood and blood products, vaccines, allergenics, and biological therapeutics.
·Center for Chronic Disorders Provides infrastructure support for multidisciplinary, outcomes based research in chronic disorders across the lifespan.
·Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Their mission is advance the scientific knowledge in biological sciences using advanced computational tools, and theoretical approaches based on first principles of basic sciences.
·Center for Injury Research & Control Conducts injury control research, gathers and disseminates information on injuries, provides training for health care professionals, and informs the public and community leaders on injury control measures.
·Center for Pathology Informatics Center studies the developing discipline that focuses on the management and analysis of clinical and research pathology data using modern computing and communications techniques.
·Center for Research on Health Care The Center for Research on Health Care (CRHC) was established to develop a nationally recognized program in health services research Pittsburgh's University community.
Our objectives are to: Stimulate health services research by providing a center where ideas can be transformed into feasible projects; Assemble interdisciplinary research teams capable of conducting large-scale studies in health services research; Establish a broad-based research agenda; Train future leaders and investigators in health services research; Educate the University community about issues relevant to health services research; Promote communication and collaborative relationships among departments, schools, and universities; Identify resources and expertise that will contribute to the research programs; and Provide consulting services to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and other institutions.
·Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
·Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
As one of the nation’s leading academic research centers, the University of Pittsburgh has both an opportunity and an obligation to take the inherent risks associated with reengineering a successful research enterprise to undertake a transformative initiative that will result in the development and advancement of clinical and translational science as a distinct discipline in western Pennsylvania. The University is committed to transforming its culture, environment, and structure to achieve this goal by forming the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).
·Clinical Research Informatics Service (C.R.I.S.) The CRIS will provide guidance in accessing non-identifying information about patients and subjects in particular categories both to assist directly in retrospective clinical research analyses and to estimate the potential pool of study participants in a proposed project.
·Drug Discovery Institute The University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute (UPDDI) is committed to identifying small molecules that can be used as chemical probes for biological activities and as leads for new therapies for human diseases. The Institute’s focus is on orphan diseases, which are defined as diseases that typically affect less than 200,000 Americans.
·Magee-Womens Research Institute The Magee-Womens Research Institute, a multidisciplinary research institute for women's and infants' research, conducts meaningful research directed at improvements in the health of women in all stages of their lives. Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the MWRI emphasizes translational - laboratory bench to hospital bedside - research.
·McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Serves as a single base of operations for the university's leading scientists and clinical faculty working to develop tissue engineering, cellular therapies, biosurgery and artificial and biohybrid organ devices.
·National Center for Health Statistics NCHS is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency and provides a wide variety of data with which to monitor the Nation's health.
·National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Mission is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding the elements of disease and how they interrelate.
·Office of Enterprise Development New center under the auspices of Dr. Art Levine which supports all of the Schools of Health Sciences in the life sciences commercialization process.
·Pittsburgh Molecular Libraries Screening Center The PMLSC Screening Facility, located on the ninth and tenth floors in the Biomedical Science Tower 3, provides investigators with the ability to run High Throughput and High Content Screens.
·Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative The mission of the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI) is to facilitate the recognition of Pittsburgh as an international center of excellence in tissue engineering research and education. PTEI also fosters economic development by promoting the growth of a regional biotechnology industry rooted in tissue engineering.
·University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics & Health Law Founded in 1987 as the Center for Medical Ethics, and given an expanded mission and renamed in 1998, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law in Pittsburgh, PA, is committed to bringing together scholars and researchers from a variety of disciplines to cooperate in addressing issues in bioethics and law from both theoretical and clinical perspectives. The Center is founded on the premise that the questions posed by contemporary healthcare dilemmas are not the province of any single discipline but require the collaborative integration of insights garnered from history, law, medicine, philosophy, and the social sciences. The Center is not a policy-making or advisory body. Rather, it is committed to in-depth analysis of the complex legal and ethical issues surrounding the health care process.
Technology has changed the very boundaries and possibilities of life. Scientific discoveries have blurred the traditional distinctions among birth, life, and death as well as given us a vast array of new treatments to combat pain and suffering. Whether to deploy a specific technology raises serious ethical and legal issues at the societal, institutional, professional, and personal levels. The decision-making process at each of these levels must be refined in order to address these needs. This process invites renewed concern for perennial issues, such as the proper roles and rights of patients, physicians, and investigators in selecting a course of treatment. These challenges require the focused efforts of thinkers and investigators from the many disciplines devoted to the study of the human condition. Only in this way can the profound ethical and legal questions examined within the health care system receive just and enduring resolutions.
·University of Pittsburgh Center for Nursing Research Engaged in both clinical and basic science research and aims to provide a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span, as well as to prepare and develop junior investigators in their research endeavors.
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